A better way to get around
Why are we starting from scratch? Because we believe that the current model of individually-owned, human-driven vehicles is broken.
Let’s focus on the first bit: individually-owned. In the US, millions of us own cars that barely get driven. In fact, the average car is only in use about 4% of the time.1
Conversely, driving takes up a lot of our time—particularly for those of us living in cities. We spend a collective 400 billion hours driving each year.2 A lot of the time, we’re not even getting anywhere: we’re just sitting in traffic, or searching for parking, which accounts for one third of urban traffic.3 It’s no wonder that a quarter of air pollution in the US is caused by transportation.4
Then there’s safety. 94% of car crashes are caused by human error.5 Globally, car crashes take the lives of almost 4,000 people a day.6
All this led us toward our vision. By replacing individual ownership, and taking the human driver out of the equation, Zoox can benefit everyone. Safer roads. Better traffic flow. Lower emissions. It all goes together.
And you, the rider, get more time and space to do—well, whatever you want. It’s a radically different approach, but our purpose-built robotaxis are almost ready to kick off a new era of mobility.